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The differential grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis) is a species of grasshopper belonging to the genus Melanoplus found throughout northern Mexico, central United States and southern Ontario, Canada. It is considered a pest in most of its range.he differential grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis) is a species of grasshopper belonging to the genus Melanoplus found throughout northern Mexico, central United States and southern Ontario, Canada. It is considered a pest in most of its range.
By their morphology Crickets and katydids. Crickets, katydids, and grasshoppers belong to the order Orthoptera. Some authors include walking sticks, cockroaches, and mantids, but we place them in other orders. Orthoptera, as we restrict it, is divided into two suborders: Caelifera (grasshoppers and relatives) and Ensifera (crickets, katydids, and gryllacridoids).